Improved bed-spring fastening



@einen gisten atat @ffice DAVID MANUEL, 'or BOSTON;MASSACHUSETTS; AssreNon ro HIMSELF' AND WiLLAnD MANUEL, or SAME PLAGE.

.Letters furent No. 52,653,11Zate0l March 5, 1867.

IMPROVED BED-SPRING FASTENING.

'lO'ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: i p

Be it .known that I, D. MANUEL, of Bestell, in the county of Suffolk, and State of Massachusetts, have invented anew and useful Improvement in Bed-Spring Fastening; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description' thereof, which will enabl'e others skilled in the art to make and use the Asame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure l is a perspective View of my improved bed-spring fastening. 4 Figure 2 is a transverse section in the line a: :12, g. l.

Similar' letters of reference indicate like parts.

rlhis invention relatesvto an improved device for securing the lower ends of bed-springs to the frame bars in such manner that the springs will keep their vertical position, and the Whole frame may be raised without deranging or moving the springs. i

!A'represents a slat of a bedstead, and B an inverted spiral spring, of a conical form, with the hase bearing against the slat, and a straight lower end of the wire at the apex a inserted in n hole through the upper side of a frame bar, C. The arrangement for fastening the base of the spring B under the slat A, so that the hase shall rest square and firmly against it and preserve a vertical position, consists in attaching the upper end of the wire Z1 to a metal cross-bar holder, c, which lies flat on the lower side and clasps the opposite edges of the slat, as shown in iig. 2, on their upper side. The cross-bar e is preferably made of strong white met-al to render itincorrosive, cast to t the slats, with hooks, 0l d, at the ends, which turn over and clasp around the edges of ,the slats. Gn one side, near the end, is a bridge or eye` e, through which is passed the upper wire end b, which is bent in a line with a slat'to the outside of the eye e, at which point the wire is again bent at right angles to lie in and be held firmly by two hooks, g g, on `the outer ends of the bar c, which hooks, r/ g, turn downward `so ythat 'the wire b lies close against them, While the wire at the same time lies close upon a middle hook, t, which turns upward, as shown in fig. l. The wire end l) of ea-eh spring is inserted in this manner in the holder c, which is then slipped ou the slat A; and any required number of springs are slippedupon the same slat in the same manner to be held firmly to it, as describedr- In order to secure the lower ends or apex of the springs to the frame bar C, a cord, z' is attached to the upper side of the bar by staples, 7c k, or otherwise, at the ends of thebnr and such intermediate points asmay be desired.. The cord t' is passed over one side of the last coil of the' spring B, and under it on the opposite side, in such. manner that the spring is held in place close upon the bar @,and the wire end a cannot slip out of the hole in l'the barwhen the spring frame is raised or handled; or the cord may be passed between the two last coils at the apex of the spring B.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent-- The cross-bar holder c, consisting of ths hooks dd, eye or bridge e, hooks gg and 7e, constructed as described, for the purpose of securing the base of the spiral wire bed-spring B to the slat A, as herein set forth.

DAVID BZIANUEL.

Witnesses: v l). C. Lrusco'r'r, B. J. Geesten 

